419 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 123 311 service requests, 56 ECB/OATH violations, 50 HPD complaints.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 595.5. In ZIP 10022, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 4 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-04-29. |
| Active vacate order | 1 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
5 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$535,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
57 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (12) · Street Condition (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · DOOR/WINDOW (4) · WATER LEAK (3) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (3).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1900) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | SECOND AVENUE & 50TH ST REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | STEVEN R CROMAN |
| Managing agent | CENTENNIAL PROPERTIES, NY |
| Last registered | 2025-10-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,282,000 | $1,476,900 |
| 2026 | $3,682,000 | $1,656,900 |
| 2027 | $3,775,000 | $1,698,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Cava | American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | 51 St — 6 E F · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: E 50 St / 2 Av — M50 · under 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 51 St & 2 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
939 2 Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
57 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by CENTENNIAL PROPERTIES NY — 115 buildings, 1,870 units. Grades across the portfolio: A23 · B43 · C28 · D17 · F3. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 115 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,400,229 on 2020-05-22 (lender: New York Community Bank), covering 3 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-22 | Agreement $9,560,000 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $9,560,000 | |
| 2020-05-22 | Mortgage $1,400,229 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,400,229 | |
| 2020-05-22 | AL&R $9,560,000 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $9,560,000 | |
| 2015-12-30 | Mortgage $1,500,000 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,500,000 | |
| 2015-07-08 | Mortgage $1,100,000 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to 99 ASSOCIATES, INC. | $1,100,000 | |
| 2013-05-28 | Mortgage $1,106,630 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,106,630 | |
| 2013-05-28 | Agreement $8,000,000 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $8,000,000 | |
| 2011-03-18 | Mortgage $3,802,631 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,802,631 | |
| 2011-03-18 | Agreement $7,150,000 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $7,150,000 | |
| 2005-07-13 | AL&R $3,500,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC | $3,500,000 | |
| 2005-07-13 | Agreement $3,500,000 — from NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK to SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC | $3,500,000 | |
| 2005-07-13 | Mortgage $609,940 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $609,940 | |
| 2003-08-29 | Mortgage $552,129 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50TH STREET REALTY, LLC to INTERVEST NATIONAL BANK | $552,129 | |
| 2001-07-05 | Mortgage $2,500,000 — from SECOND AVENUE & 50THSTREET REALTY, LLC to INTERVEST CORPORATION OF NEW YORK | $2,500,000 | |
| 1982-05-19 | Mortgage $200,000 — from 939-41 SECOND AVE.CORP. to FIFTIES ASSOCIATES | $200,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2020 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 2024 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 2025 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 53 |
| 2026 | 12 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
Every one of the 419 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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